Cheney Summer Hawks' Greyson Burton makes contact in his team's 5-1 AA American Legion win over Lewis and Clark June 5 at Hart Field in Spokane. Burton went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
AAA
The Spokane Cannons conținued to remain undefeated in AAA American Legion play with a 6-0 record following a pair of wins over the Northstars.
The team with a large contingent of Cheney and Medical Lake players won on the road 12-2 at Rogers High, June 1 and 7-2 at Holliday Field in Medical Lake the following day. The Cannons lost a non-league game to the Spokane Expos 7-5, May 30.
A six-run fifth inning broke a 2-2 tie and the Cannons went on to ad a pair of runs in the next two innings.
Carson Jeffries, Jamel Chabot, Tate Nelson and Kaleb Cain all had multiple hit games. One of Cain's hits was a double andJeffries added a triple.
Tate Nelson collected the win over his six-innings giving up two runs, four hits and struck out seven.
The following evening another big inning, five runs in the bottom of the sixth again broke a 2-2 tie.
Jeffries had a 3-for-4 night at the plate with another double in the mix. Jamel Chabot finished 2-for-3. Luke Dickey scattered four hits over six innings while striking out 12.
In the non-league game against the Expos, the visitors added breathing room to a 3-2 lead by scoring three runs in the sixth and another in the seventh.
Nelson had the only multiple hit game for the Cannons while Griffin Marshall had a pair of RBIs. Spokane is 7-2 overall.
AAA American Legion Standings
(Through 6-6-23)
W L
Cannons 6 0
G-Prep 4 4
Shadle 4 4
Northstars 3 4
Bandits 2 5
Pullman 1 3
Cannons this week:
June 6 @ Bandits, 5:30 p.m.
June 7 vs. Bandits, 5:30 p.m.
June 8 vs. Spokane Dodgers, 7 p.m.
June 12 vs. Missoula Mavericks (2) 1 p.m.
AA
Summer Hawks streak at four
The Cheney Summer Hawks AA American Legion improved its early-season win streak to four with three wins last week, all on the road.
Cheney got the bats rolling in a 17-5 win at West Valley, May 30 and following that defeated the Titans 6-2 (June 1) and Lewis and Clark 5-3 (June 5).
Three Summer Hawks, including Tate Heuschkel (3-for-3, 1 RBI), Jace Vega (2-3, 1 RBI) and Nolan McKinnion (2-5, 3 RBI) were part of a 10-hit effort from Cheney at West Valley. The Summer Hawks built a 10-0 lead by the third and then added a five-run seventh.
Jake Swanson went three innings, allowing three runs on no hits while striking out five. Brayden Martin and Vega helped to close out the game in relief.
The Summer Hawks scored in the fourth and fifth innings to secure the win over the Titans as Heuschkel won for a second time in the week, striking out five.
Dawes Hanson, Jake Swanson and Jacob Ulrich each had two hits for Summer Hawks.
Cheney scored twice it its first at-bat but it was a three-run fourth inning that clinched its win over LC at Hart Field this past Monday.
While limited to just seven hits, the Summer Hawks got runners in scoring position with their base stealing with four thefts. One play, a double steal, got Cheney an important run in the fourth.
"We planned it if they threw back to get the second base runner both runners would advance," head coach Rob Beamer wrote in a text message.
Miles Hoover got the win by going five innings, allowing two runs on five hits and striking out 11.
Cheney AA this week:
June 5 @ LC (Hart Field). 4 pm
June 6 vs. West Valley, 4 pm
June 7 vs. LC, 4 pm
June 10 @ Chewelah (2), 11 am
A
Dirt Dawgs struggle
After three straight wins, Medical Lake's 15U Dirt Dawgs have now lost four in a row.
The Dirt Dawgs began on June 1 with a 6-5 loss to the Prairie Cardinals out of Post Falls. Then came a pair of losses to Hartline - 13-2, 7-4 – before a 4-2 setback to the Northern Lakes Mountaineers out of Spirit Lake, Idaho.
Prairie scores twice in the first, third and fifth to build its lead. ML scored once in the seventh to make things interesting. Zach Boyd and AJ Michaud each had a pair of hits, including stroking doubles.
Six runs in the sixth turned the tide for Hartline in their win in the opener. Medical Lake was limited to just four hits, two by Michaud.
Hartline quickly erased a 3-1 Dirt Dawg lead scoring six runs in the bottom of fourth to sweep the doubleheader. Medical Lake was again held to four hits in the second game with Ian Thompson scoring twice and no Dirt Dog having more than one hit.
Northern Lakes led 4-0 and then held off a Medical Lake rally where they scored twice in the bottom of the sixth. Ian Thompson, Levi Wills and Cooper Danekas each had multiple hits.
Medical Lake Dirt Dawgs this week:
June 5, vs. Northern Lakes, 2 p.m.
June 6, vs. Lewis & Clark, 5 p.m.
June 13 @ Lewis and Clark, 5 p.m.
June 14 vs. Mt. Spokane, 5 p.m.
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